Inquiries Laming Inquiry ReportedAwaiting responseHistoric
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Delivery No statement from the addressee found

Recommendation LAMI-70: Require consultant or paediatrician permission for discharging children with protection concerns.

From Laming Inquiry — Final Report, published 28 January 2003.

Recommendation

Hospital trust chief executives must introduce systems to ensure that no child about whom there are child protection concerns is discharged from hospital without the permission of either the consultant in charge of the child’s care or of a paediatrician above the grade of senior house officer. Hospital chief executives must introduce systems to monitor compliance with this recommendation.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003
Recommendation made 23.7 years ago